Four Minneapolis restaurants with shared ownership will pay $105,784 in back wages, damages and penalties to resolve violations identified by U.S. Department of Labor, including illegally firing an employee who cooperated with investigators. The department’s Wage and Hour Division found Boludo Holding Co. and its owners, Jerad Rassmussen and Facundo Defraia, violated the Fair Labor … Read more
A federal court has ordered the owner of three West Michigan taco restaurants to pay 177 workers a total of $823,326 after the court granted the U.S. Department of Labor’s request for summary judgment, concluding that the restaurants operated an illegal tip pool that led to violations of federal minimum wage and overtime regulations. On … Read more
The U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent judgment and order in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Dec. 2, 2024, that requires D’Nuez Corp. and owners Antonio Rendon and Albino Rendon – operators of three restaurants in Chicago and Berwyn – to pay 53 employees a total of $125,000 … Read more
Brown Goldstein & Levy associate Kevin Docherty lately spoke to The Washington Publish about Part 14(c) of the Honest Labor Requirements Act, which permits employers to pay folks with disabilities lower than minimal wage. The Washington Publish carried out an investigation into the implementation of 14(c) and printed a three-part sequence on its historical past, … Read more
What Are Medicare Wages? Medicare wages are the earnings which are topic to Medicare tax. These wages embrace all compensation for employment, resembling salaries, bonuses, commissions, and ideas. The Medicare tax is a part of the Federal Insurance coverage Contributions Act (FICA) tax, which funds the Medicare program offering medical health insurance to people aged … Read more
